The Lives of Others (2007)

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R | 2 hr 17 mins | Thriller, Period, Foreign | Now Playing |Box Office Total: $11.2M

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East Berlin, November 1984. Five years before its downfall, the former East-German government ensured its claim to power with a ruthless system of control and surveillance. Party-loyalist Captain Gerd Wiesler hopes to boost his career when given the job of collecting evidence against the playwright Georg Dreyman and his girlfriend, the celebrated theater actress Christa-Maria Sieland. After all, the "operation" is backed by the highest political circles. What he didn't anticipate, however, was that submerging oneself into the world of the target also changes the surveillance agent. The immersion in the lives of others--in love, literature, free thinking and speech--makes Wiesler acutely aware of the meagerness of his own existence and opens to him a completely new way of life which he has ever more trouble resisting. But the system, once started, cannot be stopped. A dangerous game has begun.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
2/9/2007

Director	Credit
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	Director
Cast	Credit
Martina Gedeck	Christa-Maria Sieland
Ulrich Muehe	Capt Gerd Wiesler
Sebastian Koch	Georg Dreyman
Ulrich Tukur	Lt-Col Anton Grubitz
Thomas Thieme	Minister Bruno Hempf
Hans-Uwe Bauer	Paul Hauser
Herbert Knaup	Gregor Hessenstein
Volkmar Kleinert	Albert Jerski
Matthias Brenner	Karl Wallner
Charly Huebner	Udo
Production Credits	Credit
Dirk Hamm	Co-Producer
Quirin Berg	Producer
Max Wiedemann	Producer
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	Co-Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG	Production Company
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)	Production Company
ARTE	Production Company
Credofilm	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Buena Vista International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
ABC Distribution	Foreign Distribution Rights
Sandrew Metronome International AB	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Europa/M.A.Marcondes	Foreign Distribution Rights
Prooptiki Greece	Foreign Distribution Rights
Prooptiki Romania	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
New Select Company	Foreign Distribution Rights
Ocean Films	Foreign Distribution Rights
Alta Films	Foreign Distribution Rights
Hopscotch Films	Foreign Distribution Rights
Prooptiki Bulgaria	Foreign Distribution Rights
Writer	Credit
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Silke Buhr	Art Director
Casting	Credit
Simone Bär	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Hagen Bogdanski	Director of Photography
Film Sales Financing	Credit
FFA Filmfoerderungsanstalt	Film Financier
FilmFernsehFonds Bayern	Film Financier
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH	Film Financier
Beta Cinema	Distribution Sales International Sales
Music	Credit
Stephane Moucha	Original Music - Music
Gabriel Yared	Original Music - Music
Production Management	Credit
Claudia Beewen	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Arno Wilms	Sound
Christoph von Schoenburg	Sound
Hubertus Rath	Sound
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Gabriele Binder	Costume Designer

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